Boys' name · since 1975
Ayman
2,880 babies named Ayman in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,611 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,096 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,880
- born since 1975
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ayman is the #1096 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 2,880 recorded since 1975.
Ayman has 2,880 recorded births among boys since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1096 as of the latest data, more common than 92% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #2,611 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,096 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 2,880 born since 1975
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayman ranks #2,611 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,096 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 2,880 born since 1975, peaking in the 2020s.
- #2,611 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,096 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,880
- born since 1975
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ayman's 2,880 recorded births place it above 94.25% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
20 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Ayman compares
2,880 Top 18% higher than 82% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ayman's all-time total is 8x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ayman | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,880 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 196 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ayman's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ayman's full recorded timeline at 2000, 86% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 14% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 196 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ayman popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 196
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Ayman popularity over time - girls
51 total births recorded since 1998 (Ayman as girls' name)
Ayman by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (914 births, 32% of the file).
2020s was Ayman's strongest decade.
914 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Ayman births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 47
1970s
47 births
- 1980s 97
1980s
97 births
- 1990s 263
1990s
263 births
- 2000s
2000s
673 births
- 2010s
2010s
886 births
- 2020s
2020s
914 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 914 births (32% of all-time use).
How Ayman compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Ayman's total volume
Ayman by state
Where Ayman concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 378 | 13.1% |
| #2 | Minnesota | | 256 | 8.9% |
| #3 | California | | 224 | 7.8% |
| #4 | Texas | | 149 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 100 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 92 | 3.2% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 87 | 3.0% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 65 | 2.3% |
378 of 2,880 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Ayman appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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- New York records the most Aymans (378 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ayman: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1975–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ayman draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.